Lithe vs. Slender — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lithe and Slender
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Lithe
Lithe is an experimental programming language created in 1982 by David Sandberg at the University of Washington which allows the programmer to freely choose their own syntax. Lithe combines the ideas of syntax-directed translation and classes in a novel manner that results in a remarkably simple yet powerful language.
Slender
(of a person or part of the body) gracefully thin
Her slender neck
Lithe
Readily bent; supple
Lithe birch branches.
Slender
(of something abstract) barely sufficient in amount or basis
People of slender means
A slender majority of four
Lithe
Marked by effortless grace
A lithe ballet dancer.
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Slender
Having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
A slender rod.
Lithe
(obsolete) Mild; calm.
Lithe weather
Slender
Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim
"She was slender as a willow shoot is slender—and equally graceful, equally erect" (Frank Norris).
Lithe
Slim but not skinny.
Lithe body
Slender
Small in amount or extent; meager
Slender wages.
A slender chance of survival.
Lithe
Capable of being easily bent; flexible.
The elephant’s lithe trunk.
Slender
Thin; slim.
A rod is a long slender pole used for angling.
Lithe
Adaptable.
Slender
(figurative) meagre; deficient
Being a person of slender means, he was unable to afford any luxuries.
Lithe
To become calm.
Slender
(Gaelic languages) Palatalized.
Lithe
To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.
Slender
Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
She, as a veil down to the slender waist,Her unadorned golden tresses wore.
Lithe
To attend; listen, hearken.
Slender
Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
Mighty hearts are held in slender chains.
They have inferred much from slender premises.
The slender utterance of the consonants.
Lithe
(transitive) To listen to, hearken to.
Slender
Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.
A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos.
Lithe
(Scotland) Shelter.
Slender
Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
Frequent begging makes slender alms.
Lithe
To listen or listen to; to hearken to.
Slender
Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
The good Ostorius often deignedTo grace my slender table with his presence.
Lithe
To smooth; to soften; to palliate.
Slender
Uttered with a thin tone; - the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
Lithe
Mild; calm; as, lithe weather.
Slender
Being of delicate or slender build;
She was slender as a willow shoot is slender
A slim girl with straight blonde hair
Watched her slight figure cross the street
Lithe
Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.
Slender
Very narrow;
A thin line across the page
Lithe
Gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease
Slender
Having little width in proportion to the length or height;
A slender pole
Slender
Small in quantity;
Slender wages
A slim chance of winning
A small surplus
Slender
Gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease
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